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Church Press Release Basics

February 21, 2006 by Kevin D. Hendricks

The basic rule in getting media attention is to do something newsworthy. Those crazy MyLameSexLife.com guys at Granger Community Church know a thing or two about that. And I promise to stop talking about that.

But doing something that deserves attention doesn’t always mean you’re going to get it. And that’s when press releases can be very helpful. Dan Benson has a helpful rundown of how to do church press releases. It’s pretty basic stuff, but it can help raise the profile of your church and bring more people in.

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Kevin D. Hendricks

When Kevin isn't busy as the editor of Church Marketing Sucks, he runs his own writing and editing company, Monkey Outta Nowhere. Kevin has been blogging since 1998, runs the hyperlocal site West St. Paul Reader, and has published several books, including 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading, The Stephanies and all of our church communication books.

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2 Responses to “Church Press Release Basics”

Tony Morgan
February 21, 2006

Kevin, in case you’re wondering, we used press releases as well with this campaign. Probably didn’t need them this time, but it certainly didn’t hurt. :-)
tony

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Patrick
January 18, 2010

The link to Dan Benson’s blog seems to be broken. Any chance you know where to find this post now?
Thanks,

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